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How to show two different activity in recent task from same application in android?

I want to open an activity from widget and another activity from application launcher. Both the activity should show in recent task at once. Currently the current activity override the previous opened activity. I want both activity in recent task.
Please find the codes here:
public class SimpleAppWidget extends AppWidgetProvider {
public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int[] appWidgetIds) {
for(int i=0; i<appWidgetIds.length; i++){
int appWidgetId = appWidgetIds[i];
Intent intent = new Intent(context, SecondActivity.class);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
PendingIntent pending = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0,intent, 0);
RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(),R.layout.activity_main);
views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.btnClick, pending);
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetId,views);
Toast.makeText(context, "widget added", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="hcl.mobility.testwidget">
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#mipmap/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:roundIcon="#mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
android:supportsRtl="true"
android:theme="#style/Theme.TestWidget">
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:launchMode="singleTask">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name=".SecondActivity"
android:launchMode="singleTask" />
<receiver android:name="hcl.mobility.testwidget.SimpleAppWidget">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data
android:name="android.appwidget.provider"
android:resource="#xml/simple_app_widget_info" />
</receiver>
</application>
</manifest>
<appwidget-provider
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:minWidth="146dp"
android:updatePeriodMillis="0"
android:minHeight="146dp"
android:initialLayout="#layout/activity_main">
</appwidget-provider>
app launcher activity in recent task
widget activity in recent task
I want to show both activity in recent task.

delete android:launchMode="singleTask"
addFlags
Intent intent = new Intent(context, SecondActivity.class);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK);
startActivity(intent);

Start MainActivity from AppWidget doesn't work

I'm trying to launch my MainActivity from my AppWidget with pending intent but I can't figure out why it doesn't fire the intent. The widget has a ListView with up to 3 items, which is bind to a RemoteViewsService. I want to start my MainActivity when any of the rows is clicked. Can anyone tell me what I might done wrong?
I already checked some related posts like this Launching an activity from an AppWidget, and even tried to run the sample from here https://github.com/commonsguy/cw-advandroid/tree/master/AppWidget, and while the sample works, still can't tell what I did differently.
Here are some of my code that are relevant, please let me know if I should post more, and apologize in advance if my post doesn't look right as this is my first question:
Widget layout:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ListView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/stocks"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
/>
AppWidgetProvider class:
#Override
public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int[] appWidgetIds) {
Log.d(LOGTAG, "onUpdate");
Log.d(LOGTAG, "appWidgetIds.length="+appWidgetIds.length);
for (int i = 0; i < appWidgetIds.length; ++i) {
Log.d(LOGTAG, "appWidgetIds[i]="+appWidgetIds[i]);
}
// update each of the app widgets with the remote adapter
for (int i = 0; i < appWidgetIds.length; ++i) {
updateWidget(context, appWidgetManager, appWidgetIds[i]);
}
super.onUpdate(context, appWidgetManager, appWidgetIds);
}
public void updateWidget(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager, int appWidgetId) {
Log.d(LOGTAG, "updateWidget id="+appWidgetId);
// Sets up the intent that points to the StackViewService that will
// provide the views for this collection.
Intent intent = new Intent(context, StockAppWidgetService.class);
intent.putExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_ID, appWidgetId);
// When intents are compared, the extras are ignored, so we need to embed the extras
// into the data so that the extras will not be ignored.
intent.setData(Uri.parse(intent.toUri(Intent.URI_INTENT_SCHEME)));
RemoteViews rv = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.stock_appwidget);
rv.setRemoteAdapter(R.id.stocks, intent);
Intent contentIntent = new Intent(context, MainActivity.class);
//contentIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_SINGLE_TOP | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
PendingIntent startAppPendingIntent =
PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, contentIntent, 0);
rv.setPendingIntentTemplate(R.id.stocks, startAppPendingIntent);
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetId, rv);
}
manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="x40241.chris.yuan.a4.app"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="14"
android:targetSdkVersion="16" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="#drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="#string/app_name"
android:theme="#android:style/Theme.Holo.Light.DarkActionBar" >
<activity
android:name=".MainActivity"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name=".SearchableActivity" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="x40241.chris.yuan.a4.app.SEARCH" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<service android:name=".StockServiceImpl" />
<service android:name=".StockAppWidgetService"
android:permission="android.permission.BIND_REMOTEVIEWS" />
<receiver android:name=".ServiceLauncher">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.BOOT_COMPLETED" />
</intent-filter>
</receiver>
<receiver android:name=".StockAppWidgetProvider" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.appwidget.provider"
android:resource="#xml/stock_appwidget_info" />
</receiver>
</application>
</manifest>

I think I found the answer, or at least a workable solution in a related post:
AdapterViewFlipper in app widget: setPendingIntentTemplate() and setOnClickFillInIntent() not working
It turns out I wasn't setting the FillInIntent properly. I should call setOnClickFillInIntent on the top level view of the list item instead of the list itself. Here's the code change that made it work in RemoteViewsFactory:
public RemoteViews getViewAt(int position) {
if (DEBUG) Log.d(LOGTAG, "StockRemoteViewsFactory getViewAt position="+position);
RemoteViews rv = new RemoteViews(mContext.getPackageName(), R.layout.widget_item);
rv.setTextViewText(R.id.text_symbol, mStockItems.get(position).getSymbol());
rv.setTextViewText(R.id.text_price, String.format("$%.2f", mStockItems.get(position).getPrice()));
Intent fillInIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN);
fillInIntent.putExtra(StockAppWidgetProvider.ITEM_NUM, position);
// set on the top level view of the list item, instead of the list view itself
//rv.setOnClickFillInIntent(R.id.stocks, fillInIntent);
rv.setOnClickFillInIntent(R.id.general_layout, fillInIntent);
return rv;
}

App widget does not update textview even onUpdate method works

My problem is I have an app widget which needs to be updated in every 32 mins. However, it's not updating the textview. I placed Log entry to my onUpdate method to see is it working on Logcat, and i confirmed method is working properly but just it's not changing the value of textview. Here is my code;
AppWidgetProvider:
public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager,
int[] appWidgetIds) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
ComponentName thisWidget=new ComponentName(context,
IzUlasimProvider.class);
int[] allWidgetIds=appWidgetManager.getAppWidgetIds(thisWidget);
for(int id:allWidgetIds){
String now=new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm").format(new Date());
RemoteViews views=new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.widget);
views.setTextViewText(R.id.tvWidget,now);
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(id, views);
now=null;
}
Log.w("Update","Update Finished");
}
My config file:
<appwidget-provider xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:initialLayout="#layout/widget"
android:minHeight="110dp"
android:updatePeriodMillis="1920000"
android:minWidth="250dp" android:configure="com.izulasim.widget.IzWidgetConfig">
AndroidManifest part for the widget:
<receiver android:name="com.izulasim.widget.IzWidgetProvider">
<intent-filter >
<action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.appwidget.provider"
android:resource="#xml/widget_config" />
</receiver>
<activity
android:name="com.izulasim.widget.IzWidgetConfig"
android:label="#string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_CONFIGURE" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<provider android:name=".IzUlasimProvider"
android:authorities="com.izulasim.provider.IzUlasim" />

Error inflating AppWidget

I am doing a simple widget for the first time and it seems the tutorial I'm using has something missing because my LogCat states "Error inflating AppWidget" when selecting it from the pop up list of widgets.
According to the tutorial I did these.
Layout:
<TextView android:id="#+id/widget_textview" android:text="#string/widget_text"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|center"
android:layout_marginTop="5dip" android:padding="10dip"
android:textColor="#android:color/black" />
</LinearLayout>
Class:
package hello.widget;
import android.appwidget.AppWidgetProvider;
public class HelloWidget extends AppWidgetProvider {
}
Strings:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<resources>
<string name="app_name">Hello Widget</string>
<string name="widget_text">Hello Widget!</string>
</resources>
Widget Provider:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
appwidget-provider xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
android:minWidth="146dip"
android:minHeight="72dip"
android:updatePeriodMillis="10000"
android:initialLayout="#layout/main"
</appwidget-provider>
Manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="hello.widget" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0">
<uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="3" />
<application android:icon="#drawable/icon" android:label="#string/app_name">
<!-- Broadcast Receiver that will process AppWidget updates -->
<receiver android:name="hello.widget.HelloWidget" android:label="#string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.appwidget.provider"
android:resource="#xml/hello_widget_provider" />
</receiver>
</application>
</manifest>

You are missing the opening <LinearLayout> in your layout file. What you have here should not even compile.
You are also missing the entire implementation of your AppWidgetProvider. You need to implement onUpdate() to specify what the app widget should be displaying.
Also, your updatePeriodMillis is shorter than allowed -- you cannot update an app widget every 10 seconds this way.
Also, make sure that your layout is named main.xml, or update your android:initialLayout to reflect the proper name of the layout.

My solution:
public void onReceive(Context context, Intent intent)
{
String action = intent.getAction();
if (AppWidgetManager.ACTION_APPWIDGET_UPDATE.equals(action))
{
long days = (((calendar.getTimeInMillis()- date1.getTime())/1000))/86400;
RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(), R.layout.widget);
//Intent AlarmClockIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN).addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER).setComponent(new ComponentName("com.android.alarmclock", "com.android.alarmclock.AlarmClock"));
// PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(context, 0, AlarmClockIntent, 0);
Intent Date_Change= new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DATE_CHANGED);
PendingIntent pendingIntent2=PendingIntent.getActivity(context,0, Date_Change, 0);
views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.textView1, pendingIntent2);
views.setTextViewText(R.id.textView1,""+days);
//views.setOnClickPendingIntent(R.id.AnalogClock, pendingIntent);
//AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context).updateAppWidget(intent.getIntArrayExtra(AppWidgetManager.EXTRA_APPWIDGET_IDS), views);
AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context);
ComponentName thisWidget = new ComponentName(context, Widget.class);
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(thisWidget, views);
}
}

Android appwidget not showing

Looked like my #$#%$%#$ the receiver was not i application element in manifest
Hi
I just created the helloworld appwidget to see how its works. i followed the dev example on adroid dev site. But for some reason the widget does not want to show in the widget list.
AndroidManifest.xml
<receiver android:name="VoiceRIAWidget" android:label="Voice RIA">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.appwidget.action.APPWIDGET_UPDATE" />
</intent-filter>
<meta-data android:name="android.appwidget.provider"
android:resource="#xml/appwidget_info" />
</receiver>
appwidget_info.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<appwidget-provider xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:label="Voice RIA" android:minWidth="50dp" android:minHeight="50dp"
android:updatePeriodMillis="86400000" android:initialLayout="#layout/appwidget">
</appwidget-provider>
VoiceRIAWidget
public class VoiceRIAWidget extends AppWidgetProvider
{
#Override
public void onUpdate(Context context, AppWidgetManager appWidgetManager,
int[] appWidgetIds)
{
final int N = appWidgetIds.length;
for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
{
int appWidgetId = appWidgetIds[i];
CharSequence text = "Hello";
RemoteViews views = new RemoteViews(context.getPackageName(),
R.layout.appwidget);
views.setTextViewText(R.id.appwidget_text, text);
appWidgetManager.updateAppWidget(appWidgetId, views);
}
super.onUpdate(context, appWidgetManager, appWidgetIds);
}
}
appwidget.xml
<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:id="#+id/appwidget_text" android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:textColor="#ff000000" />
I cant see what i am missing it runs but nothing in list.

I just had the same problem. My mistake was, that i put the receiver tag just inside my manifest tag, when i was supposed to put it inside my application-tag.
This was my not-working-XML:
<manifest....>
....
<receiver ...>
...
</receiver>
<application ...>
...
</applciation>
</manifest>
This is my well-working-XML:
<manifest...>
....
<application...>
...
<receiver...>
...
</receiver>
</application>
</manifest>
Hope it helps you!

I just had the same problem. My mistake was, that I building an app widget as addition to an existing app which was installed on sd-card. Moving the app to phone fixed it.

faced the similar problem . I was putting meta data outside the receiver which you have already done correctly in first place.